When booting a portable HP Pavilion dv6000, I get a blue screen and
immediately, the system restarts (too fast to read the screen info). This
happens continuously.
First idea was to reinstall Windows (XP) from restore DVD, but during
install, I got an error message that no HD could be found. Bios settings are
ok.
My conclusion is that or the HD is defective, or the disk controller of the
motherboard. Does anyone know a tric to make sure if the culprit is the HD,
or the motherboard (I have no other similar PC to make any testing) ?
Thanks for any tip.
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:09:03 +0200, "ElJerid"
<s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@telenet.be> wrote:
>When booting a portable HP Pavilion dv6000, I get a blue screen and
>immediately, the system restarts (too fast to read the screen info). This
>happens continuously.
>First idea was to reinstall Windows (XP) from restore DVD, but during
>install, I got an error message that no HD could be found. Bios settings are
>ok.
>My conclusion is that or the HD is defective, or the disk controller of the
>motherboard. Does anyone know a tric to make sure if the culprit is the HD,
>or the motherboard (I have no other similar PC to make any testing) ?
>Thanks for any tip.
Keep in mind, that the 'blue screen' comes from Windows, not from
your PC's hardware. The only place some Windows stuff is stored
on your PC is on the harddrive.
So, if you get a blue screen, it cannot be that death :-)
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:09:03 +0200, "ElJerid"
<s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@telenet.be> wrote:
>When booting a portable HP Pavilion dv6000, I get a blue screen and
>immediately, the system restarts (too fast to read the screen info). This
>happens continuously.
Have you tried booting to safe mode?
If you can finish booting in safe mode, disable the
reboot-on-error setting and write down the major details of
the bluescreen. If you cannot boot to safe mode either,
perhaps a camera would capture the bluescreen info.
>First idea was to reinstall Windows (XP) from restore DVD, but during
>install, I got an error message that no HD could be found. Bios settings are
>ok.
What video chipset does that have? Several HP dv6000 models
with nVidia northbridge were effected by the northbridge
solder bump and underfill defect, fiasco.
HP's initial response was a bios that keeps the fan spinning
faster but it wasn't enough to help some people, their
systems began degrading in several ways including screen
corruption, loss of the wifi, and other less common
problems.
Granted, it's still a windows system and also subject to all
the other problems other systems have too.
>My conclusion is that or the HD is defective, or the disk controller of the
>motherboard. Does anyone know a tric to make sure if the culprit is the HD,
>or the motherboard (I have no other similar PC to make any testing) ?
>Thanks for any tip.
>
The hard drive is SATA, IIRC, meaning you can pull it out,
connect it to any other system with SATA support (including
a desktop) and run checkdisk, run the HDD manufacturer's
diagnostics, etc., to see if the drive appears to be working
properly.
You might try booting the laptop to a USB flash drive or
floppy drive, etc, to DOS and run Memtest86+ to see if it
has memory instability. Check whether the fan is operating
and not overly clogged with dust (many if not all DV6000
unfortunately require complete disassembly to even clean the
fan housing, but perhaps shining a flashlight inside the
bottom fan port you can see how bad it is or isn't).
One last option would be to buy a replacement SATA hard
drive, then if it doesn't work with the replacement you
return the hard drive for a refund (minus restocking free,
provided you buy from someplace with a good return policy
that allows a "used" part return).
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> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:09:03 +0200, "ElJerid"
> <s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@telenet.be> wrote:
>
>>When booting a portable HP Pavilion dv6000, I get a blue screen and
>>immediately, the system restarts (too fast to read the screen info). This
>>happens continuously.
>
> Have you tried booting to safe mode?
> If you can finish booting in safe mode, disable the
> reboot-on-error setting and write down the major details of
> the bluescreen. If you cannot boot to safe mode either,
> perhaps a camera would capture the bluescreen info.
>
>
>>First idea was to reinstall Windows (XP) from restore DVD, but during
>>install, I got an error message that no HD could be found. Bios settings
>>are
>>ok.
>
> What video chipset does that have? Several HP dv6000 models
> with nVidia northbridge were effected by the northbridge
> solder bump and underfill defect, fiasco.
>
> HP's initial response was a bios that keeps the fan spinning
> faster but it wasn't enough to help some people, their
> systems began degrading in several ways including screen
> corruption, loss of the wifi, and other less common
> problems.
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...77&lc=en&cc=us
>
> Granted, it's still a windows system and also subject to all
> the other problems other systems have too.
>
>
>
>>My conclusion is that or the HD is defective, or the disk controller of
>>the
>>motherboard. Does anyone know a tric to make sure if the culprit is the
>>HD,
>>or the motherboard (I have no other similar PC to make any testing) ?
>>Thanks for any tip.
>>
>
>
> The hard drive is SATA, IIRC, meaning you can pull it out,
> connect it to any other system with SATA support (including
> a desktop) and run checkdisk, run the HDD manufacturer's
> diagnostics, etc., to see if the drive appears to be working
> properly.
>
> You might try booting the laptop to a USB flash drive or
> floppy drive, etc, to DOS and run Memtest86+ to see if it
> has memory instability. Check whether the fan is operating
> and not overly clogged with dust (many if not all DV6000
> unfortunately require complete disassembly to even clean the
> fan housing, but perhaps shining a flashlight inside the
> bottom fan port you can see how bad it is or isn't).
>
> One last option would be to buy a replacement SATA hard
> drive, then if it doesn't work with the replacement you
> return the hard drive for a refund (minus restocking free,
> provided you buy from someplace with a good return policy
> that allows a "used" part return).
Thanks for your response.
Of course, I tried to boot in safe mode, but the same problem appears, which
seems normal is there is a hard disk failure or if the HD is not recognized.
The video chipset or other overheating problems are probably not the
problem, as everything seems to work normally when reinstalling XP from DVD,
until the error message that no HD is detected.
I tried to check the HD, which is indeed a SATA unit (from Fujitsu), but as
expected, the connectors are not the same as for desktop units. So, because
I have no similar portable available, I cannot do any check, hence my
initial question.
Finally, your last suggestion of returning the unit to a local dealer for
testing seems to be the only solution to my problem. But the fixed cost for
examining the system is 80 Euros and if finally the motherboard appears to
be defective, the repair cost will be similar to the price of a new
portable...
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:12:09 +0100, "ElJerid"
<s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@telenet.be> wrote:
>Thanks for your response.
>Of course, I tried to boot in safe mode, but the same problem appears, which
>seems normal is there is a hard disk failure or if the HD is not recognized.
>The video chipset or other overheating problems are probably not the
>problem, as everything seems to work normally when reinstalling XP from DVD,
>until the error message that no HD is detected.
>I tried to check the HD, which is indeed a SATA unit (from Fujitsu), but as
>expected, the connectors are not the same as for desktop units. So, because
>I have no similar portable available, I cannot do any check, hence my
>initial question.
The hard drive should have the same connector as a desktop
SATA hard drive, both the data and power. If it didn't seem
to, perhaps you still had an adapter board plugged into the
drive that needed removed?
I've pulled a Fujitsu SATA drive out of a DV6000 and hooked
it up to a desktop system when it exhibited the video
failure mentioned previously.
>Finally, your last suggestion of returning the unit to a local dealer for
>testing seems to be the only solution to my problem. But the fixed cost for
>examining the system is 80 Euros and if finally the motherboard appears to
>be defective, the repair cost will be similar to the price of a new
>portable...
>
I'd never buy a new mainboard for one of those assuming it
has the nVidia chipset, odds are just too high it would
fail.
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